OBR accused of 'political intervention' by ex-chancellor Hunt over spending review

Amid fiscal hole criticism

Sorin Dojan
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Former Conservative chancellor Jeremy Hunt has accused the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) of not allowing him to explain how the Treasury prepared its departmental expenditure limits as part of the March 2024 Budget.

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